Act 510/2002 on Payment Systems took effect on January 1 2003. It is the first domestic law to regulate payment transactions and was drafted to ensure compliance with EU law.

In July 2011, the Slovak Competition Authority ("SCA") launched a public consultation concerning changes in the Slovak merger control regime.

From May 2004, ten countries will accede to the European Union: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The current European Union is already the biggest single market in the world. In its enlarged state, it will draw over 19% of world trade and will represent around 46 – 50% of world outward FDI and 20 - 24% of inward FDI.

Long-expected by the professional public and the business sector, the amendment to Act on the protection of competition amends certain provisions of the Competition Protection Act that have long been regarded as causing problems in the merger control process with effect as of 1 January 2012.

From 1 January 2012, the Slovak postal market will be liberalised.